Presented in recognition of America’s longest war as we enter the tenth year of fighting in Afghanistan, Reflections of War will examine war, conflict, warriors, and soldiers through more than forty works of art from Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery’s collection. Over 1,500 years of art production will be on view created by American, European, Pre-Columbian, Asian, and Oceanic cultures, culminating in a selection of powerful contemporary prints created by the British artist Sue Coe in response to the horrors of war. Highlights include a vintage monumental rubbing of a stone relief depicting a battle scene from the Wu Family Shrines, Shandon Provence, China; an allegorical engraving of war from 1575 by the French artist Etienne Delaune; a seventeenth-century North African battle scene by Jacques Courtois; a suite of prints by the nineteenth-century French satirist Honoré Daumier that critiques France’s role in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71); four large-format Japanese woodblock prints of battle scenes depicting the Sino-Japanese War (1894), along with examples of other war-themed prints and illustrated books by a variety of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japanese artists and illustrators; and a selection of vintage American World War I and World War II propaganda posters.

Everett Raymond Kinstler is America's foremost portrait painter, having painted eight presidents and leaders in almost every field. Vanderbilt students are invited to join us for a live demonstration in which he will paint a special guest and speak to the audience as well. In addition to being a highly talented painter, Kinstler is a consummate storyteller. It is sure to be an informative and entertaining afternoon!

You can pick up your FREE ticket from the Sarratt Box Office. The tickets are reserved for Vanderbilt students, but should there be any extra seats left two weeks prior to the event, they will be made available to the general public. Feel free to reach us at gallery@vanderbilt.edu for inquiries about ticketing. ... See MoreSee Less

Lecture & Painting Demonstration by Everett Raymond Kinstler

March 24, 2018, 3:00pm - March 24, 2018, 4:30pm

Everett Raymond Kinstler is America's foremost portrait painter, having painted eight presidents and leaders in almost every field. Vanderbilt students are invited to join us for a live demonstration ...

The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching hosted a Celebration of Learning Jan. 29 that featured 34 student projects, posters and presentations from across campus. Students from six colleges and schools exhi...